• bratosch@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Oh right, forgive me. For a second there I thought Russia was acting irrational, silly me

    • EasternLettuce@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      Even the most deranged leaders act according to goals. The invasion of Ukraine was actually very rational from russias perspective

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        7 months ago

        Thats a hindsight error. Before the invasion everyone argued that a full on war on Ukraine would be insanely stupid due to the economic implications of being a pariah state.

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          7 months ago

          What are you talking about, this war has been in the horizon for years, at least since the invasion of crimea and that was almost a decade ago was putins plan clear